Rooftop Farm to Grow for Grocers

NEW YORK Next spring, Whole Foods Market stores in the New York Metropolitan area including seven in Manhattan will have a new local source of fresh produce: an urban farm that uses hydroponic technology to grow fruits and vegetables year-round in a rooftop greenhouse. The 12,000-square-foot greenhouse is currently under construction on the roof of a one-story church in Jamaica, in the New York borough

NEW YORK — Next spring, Whole Foods Market stores in the New York Metropolitan area — including seven in Manhattan — will have a new local source of fresh produce: an “urban farm” that uses hydroponic technology to grow fruits and vegetables year-round in a rooftop greenhouse.